Stock-car



(No Model.) l 2 sheets-sheen 1.

J. C. FOSTER.

STOCK GAR.

No. 271,695. Patented Feb.^6, 1883.

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'(No Model.) ZSheets-Sheet 2 J. C. FOSTER.

STOCK GAR.

Patented Feb. 6,1883.

lINiren States atraer trice.

JOB O. FOSTER, OF ST. JOHN, CALIFORNIA.

STOCK-CAR.

.SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,695, dated February 6, 1883.

Application led October 30,1882. (No model.) l

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, JoB O. FOSTER, ot' St. John, county of Oolusa, State ot' California, have invented an Improved Stock-Oar; and l hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to certain improvements in that class of railway-cars used to transport live stock, and known as stockcars.7 r

My invention consists, in connection with the car, of a peculiar swinging and folding leed-box, together with a water-box, and the means for securing both to the car, as will hereinafter fully appear.

The object ot' my invention is to provide a car in which live stock may be transported and fed with convenience and dispatch during the continuance ofthe journey without having to leave the car. v

Referring to the accompanying` drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my device, showing a feed-box in afolded position, afeedbox open, and swung to the outsideot the car, a feed-box open, withthe water-trough suspended in it swung to the interior ofthe car, anda feed-box open swung to theinterior of the car, with a water-trough suspended to the hooks on the outside ofthefeed-box; alsoa water-trough hung onto the hooks below the car. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a feed-box with the water-trough inside. Fig.3 isa vertical section, showing a feed-box in a folded position.

Let A' represent a stoclrcar of any usual construction, having, as is customary, sliding doors B.

O are the feed-boxes, Fig. 2. These consist of sheets of suitable material, the two sides a of which are hinged upon horizontal shafts D, suitably secured in the timbers or frame of the car. The ends consist each of two pieces, b, the upper ends of which are wider than the lower ends. These are each hinged to the sides a, and to each other in the middle, thus adaptingthe boxes to close up oropen out, verymuch the same a'samusic-portfolio. rlhis hinging ot' the parts may be accomplished in any suitable manner, though 1 have here shown ordinary pintles and sockets.v The feed-boxes are not only adapted to fold up,but by beinghinged upon shafts D may swing either inwardly or outwardly through the apertures or openings in the sides ofthe carin which they are hinged.

A pivoted stop, c, is placed upon the inside, and another, o, upon the outside7 ot' the car, in such a position as to hold thc box eitheriir or out or folded up, while a pin, d, projecting from the timber over the box, limits its swine'. The stops c c are here shown on the same pivot-shaft to facilitate their operation as they A move together, Fig. 3.

E represents the water-boxes. These are made to lit into the mouths of the feed-boxes, and are supported therein. rlhey are provided with eyes or staples e, which t over hooks 7L, secured to the outer side a ot' the boxes O. These hooks are double ones, one side turning outwardly and the other inwardly, for the purpose of hanging the boxes E either inside of 7o 'When stock is put into the oar the stop c is turned aside, and the boxes O are swung and opened to the outside, the pin d holding theinner side a. Feed is placed in the boxes O, and the inner stop, c, being turned aside the boxes may be swung to the inside, being stopped by pin el andoheld in position by stop c', which is turned down for this purpose. The stock can thus get at the-feed.' Vhen water is to be given to them the boxes O are swung out, the boxes E removed from the outer hooks, h, and fitted in the boxes O, being hooked upon the inner hooks, h. Water is then poured into the boxes E, and the feed-boxes O are swung inwardly again.

I may have as many ot' these feed-boxes as desirable, and if any of the boxes E, when hanging on the outside, are in the way ofthe door they may be removed and hung for the time being upon hooks under the car,as shown in Fig. 1. I have here shown but live boxes on a side, one ot' which is in lthe door, and all IOO being exaggerated, and the car shortened for the purpose of the drawings. An Ordinarycar would afford space for ten boxes on each side.

These boxes are simple in construction,they do not take up space when .not in use, and are easily supplied from the outside.

Havingthus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a stock-car, one or more feed-boxes, C, titted in the sides of the car, and hinged to the car at their bases, whereby they may be swung to the Outside and to the inside, water-boxes E, and means for securing said water-boxes within the feedboxes when in use and on the outside thereof when not in use, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

2. In combination with. a stock-car, one or more folding feed-boxes, C, fitted in the sides ofthe car, the horizontal shafts D, upon which the boxes are hinged at the bases, and suitable stops above to limit and tix the swing of the boxes,substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

3. In combination with a stock-car, one or more boxes, G, fitted in the sides of the car, and hinged at their bases to swing to the outer side and to the inside, said boxes being coilstructed Ot' Afolding parts to shut together when not in use, substantially as herein de scribed.

4. 1n combination with a stock-car, the feedboxes C, having folding sides a, hinged upon shaft-s D at theirlower sides, and folding ends b, hinged to the sides a and to each other. as shown, said boxes being fitted into the sides of the car, the horizontal shafts D, upon which said boxes are hinged and swung, and suitable stops above to limit and tix the swing of said boxes, substantially as herein described.

5. In 'a stock-car, the swinging and folding feed-boxes C, in combination with the waterboxes E, and a means for securing the said Water-boxes within the feed-boxes when in use and on the outside thereof when not in use, substantially as herein described.

6. In a stock-car, the swinging and folding feed-boxes C, having hooks 11turningout and in, as shown, in combination with the water' boxes E,having staples e, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

In witness whereof I hereunto setmy hand.

JOB o. FOSTER.-

WVitnesses:

THOMAS E. BROWN, JOHN A. BIRD. 

